Yellow Planet Monster

Yellow planet monster

As Spaceman Spiff crash lands on the dreaded Yellow planet a monster arrives … Aasim’s response on seeing the picture 🙂

Yesterday was a bright winter afternoon ideal for lazing in the sun, however I did no such thing but I did discover that Nikon 5700 will give decent DoF in a brightly lit scene. Here is another shot of the monster bee which proves that.

I spent a large part of last Friday and Saturday at Vivek’s studio – he was trying to take pictures of flowers and Yellow / Red Capsicums, the idea was to have the subject submerged in a water tank with bubbles from the bottom as well as top, at the same time the flowers should not appear bent like having just been thrust forcefully but rather appear to be growing out of the water surface when the picture was flipped vertically… Thats the best I can describe it. The whole experience was a mixture of lots of experimentation, fun, frustration and education. After about 500+ shots there were enough perfect ones to satisfy Vivek.

Work has started on converting our aangan in a studio, It will not be big, about 10’x15’, but will serve well for whatever I do now.

Low-key photography.

Low-key photography.

For most photographers the term “low-key” is usually defined by photos that are * Saturated colors at the bottom end of the tonal value scale, * Deep shadows, and * Few, but very high contrasts. Also “low-key” usually conveys a mood of * Serenity, * Melancholy or * Pathos. However I somehow got the idea

Pictures tell a story….

Pictures tell a story….

We were recently discussing if I should narrow down the scope of my photography and very quickly concluded that I have not yet learnt enough to do so. I will continue to do photography as and how the opportunities are served to me… Have recently added an album on Street Photography on my site. These

Back from LB2004

Back from the miracle called Linux-Bangalore 2004. Atul and Co (well, really it should be we) know why I am calling this event a miracle!! Since most of you have already blogged about it I won’t go into the technical/non-personal details of the that except a special mention about the things that we were made

Not a baby!

“I am NOT a baby – I am 7 which is closer to 8 9 and 10” Aasim – when Swati denied him a Wrist-watch

CompactDrive PD7X

Does anyone know where to buy one of these in India – https://shop.store.yahoo.com/insidecomputer/20copd8ipost.html Surely beats lugging a notebook around to do Image transfers

We will be at LB2004 – will you be?

We will be at LB2004 – will you be?

Things are really at a maddening pace now – Barely 10 days left!!! [update] To get an idea how many have agreed to be there – click here [/update]

This Is Where I Belong

It is barely 7am as I open the door – a light winter rain has just stopped and the farsh is drying off. Everything is deceptively silent. Silent till you realise the what is really missing is just the sound of the traffic and household which drowns the more subtle of the sounds. As soon

Here is the mandatory mediocre Diwali picture, Was a single shot 2 second hand held exposure with flash to avoid too much motion blur. Hope all of you enjoyed (are enjoying) your Diwali

Kid speak – Speechless

Aasim: (bored look) My life is so empty… We: (eyes wide jaws dropping) Huh, why betaa? Aasim: I want a brother! Swati: But you don’t want to share anything with any younger child and if you have a younger sibling you cannot sleep with Mamma when you want… Aasim: (walking out) Ouf ho, you don’t